Update expected for victim in 'zombie' face-chewing attack

9:09 AM, Jun 12, 2012   |    comments
2004 Miami-Dade mug shot of Ronald Poppo
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MIAMI -- A homeless man who had his face mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack is still recovering at a Miami hospital.
    
Ronald Poppo's doctors are scheduled to give an update on his condition Tuesday afternoon.

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Poppo has been hospitalized at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center since he was attacked May 26 alongside a busy highway. It's not clear what led Rudy Eugene to attack Poppo.
    
Emergency callers reported seeing a naked Eugene swinging from a light pole minutes before the attack. Surveillance video from a nearby building shows Eugene stripping Poppo and pummeling him before appearing to lie on top of him.
    
A police officer shot and killed Eugene. Autopsy results are still pending.

Associated Press